Evening Star Newspaper, August 9, 1937, Page 27

he Foening Star %pnfism WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1937. Base Ball’s Golden Days Return Noiyo .J:I::}TBERRYMAN QB"; [UM'NURS ' DRAW GOOD GATES LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT! STOP! GET AWAY FROM American League 500,000 Ahead of '36—Night Ball ME! L HIT You ONCE- WHAT'RE YOU DOIN’ ON YOUR FEET ? Proves Great Boost. BY FRANCIS J. POWERS, HICAGO, August 9 -—Profes. sional base ball definitely 18 off poverty row - Griffs Set-Ups for Top Clubs HAVE UPPER HAND '™ ONLY DVER BOSOX Win 18 of 51 Battles With First Division Teams. Tigers Win Again. BY FRANCIS E. STAN. T BEGAN to look today, even to | the diehards, that another acute attack of “first division-itis” has | struck Mr. Clark Griffith’s base ball firm. The Nationals, as was the case last year, simply aren't whipping | the American League “‘money teams,” and as the current home stand goes into its final week it is beginning to hurt That remarkable strides have been made toward fifth place hardly is the fault of the Nats. Today found them still only two games back of the In- dians, but this has been due to the Tribe's inherent weakness on the road rather than to any superior play of the Washingtons. Despite dropping & B-to-1 decision to the Tigers yvesterday the Nats lost no ground, for Cleveland 1ot its seventh straight to the Yan- kees When the Griffs dropped that rain- curtatled affair to Detroit, it marked HOT TILTS BOOST set. And among other items it almlchjcagos Get Two Games gent the Nats' percentage against first- | $ ! 3 | as Giants Split—Indians division clubs to & new low for the | season. : Bow in New York. BY SID FEDER, MAN-MOUNTAIN COMES TO TOWN OH.THEM ? -.WE COULDN'GIT NO GLOVES BIG 'NUFF FER 'IM, SO GODFREY SA(D HE'D BORRY THEM PILLOWS McDONALD RESTS ON WHILE HE PLUGS THAT ENERGY FOOD ON OMIGOSH! He HADN'T OUGHTER OF SPRANG OFF'N HIS STooL LIKE AT WHEN TH' BELL RANG ! DEAR READER : THIS JUST GOES To SHOW WHAT TAKES PLACE IN THAT VACANT ROOM ABOVE A CARTOONISTS EARS, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE ALLOWS HIMSELF TO CONCENTRATE IN HOT WEATHER ON WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN WHEN A PACHYDERM LIKE THIS 245 POUND JACK TORRANCE CLIMBS IN THE RING TONIGHT AT GRIFF STADIUM.. Dburs in pen and ink, Tim | How wiLL e Ever GET THOSE 10-POUND LUNCH HOOKS IN ORDINARY MITTS 7 O E-E-YOW! 1 TELL THIS PUNK'S MA TOPEN TH FRONT DOOR -- HER SONNY BOYs COMIN HOME ! --AN' HE WON'T HAVE AO TAX! FARE T'pay ! The major leagues are running well ahead of recent years in atténdance | and the same story is heard from of the minors Will Harridge reports the American League has drawn better than one-ha' million customers over a similar pe= |riod last season. Although Yankees have taken the fire out the pennant chase, Harridge be the close contest for second posi will keep interest alive and guar | tee fine attendance down througn Sep- | tember. A similar tale probably could come from the National League. The 084 WILL THOSE CREAKING BOARDS HOLD UP THE "LOUISIANA APARTMENT HOUS 1RO MOVES T0 GOSHEN Greyhound Tries Tomorrow for Mark, Hambletonian Slated Wednesday. A GOOD SOCK ON THE LUG MIGHT SEND HIM INTO AN OLYMPIC SPASM ! HOW WILL THE'DIXIE DIRIGIBLE TAKE IT IF THIS KANNER CLOWAI SHOWS SOME FIGHT ? NGW[]RH] ‘T]\ o Great Shakes as Fighter, Yet, but Torrance Commands Attention of Boxing World BY BURTON HAWKINS. Y THE admission of his own handlers, Jack Torrance, a blimpish boxer, is at least two vears removed from fistiana’s top flight, but for a guy who has been | fighting only seven months, the husky the of aves the gate and thse Joyed some tremene dous home crowds e | Flag Fight Aids Association, ()N BEHALF of the American Association, George Trautman claims one of the best financial turns in many years. The double A is having a tremendous fight among Columbus, Toledo and Minneapo |accordance with the accepted pugilis- tic pattern of a new fighter taking things slowly, trying to absorb some knowledge in every argument. This Torrance Man. ACK TORRANCE is to boxing what ball players would call a “green pea,” which is supposed to designate somebody who very definitely does not | know what it all is about. And Jack, who poured ail his 240 pounds in a box seat at Griffith Stadium yesterday, admitted as much. “I used o= Meets Kanner Tonight. "T'ORRANCE mixes in a si No New Experience. o -round (QNLY 18 times in 51 games this year have the Griffls won over the Yankees, Red Sox Sox, which means they games and ha .353. Azat dians, At has done bet 19, for a have lost 33 ntage of only by division I and Browns our side » winning 23 and losing 548 percentage. But empty The cessful inva as the Nats’ mped to the front 0. 1 nemesis of the sea- son. They now have won 11 of 15 games from the Griffith A. C., topping the 11-6 record of the White Sox and the k of the Y Red are nly club h Nats They e of This year the lost 40 to were one!) firm first have nine 1ce division beaten. games, Las! nd they 1 Sox whi the expert ats won or -division clubs (and It seems to rur A's Imvade Tomorrow T WAS just as well that today was an off dav. It may give the Griffs a chance to square away and prepare for the invasi of tr Athleti who come into e stadium tomor: open a four-game se header. The A for the D won 16 rprisingly tough Whereas they rom the Mack ate g the Browns and A’ they have beaten only fairly consistentl never were in ich was called 1 in the first faking a hit wild throw in the Tigers gol a 2-to-0 lead off Jimmy De Shong and boosted it to 3-t0-0 he second round when Rudy York made his seventee run of the season with nobody on yesterday’ 5 after a shower tha half of the advantage of a and a first inning, bas Travis Gains a Point. IT WAS, incidentally, third b of these settled into the left fleld bleachers for homers In the third the Tigers put together gingles by Walker and Gehringer, eacrifice by Fox and a double by Laabs for two more runs, making it 5-10-0 The Nats averted a shoutout by pushing across a run in the fourth, thanks to an error by Hank Green- berg With two out, Cecil Travis singled and Al Simmons sens him to third with another When Green- berg muffed a throw by Cletus Poffen- berger, the pitcher, Johnny Stone reached first and Travis scored Travis got one hit in two trips to the plate to add another point to his league-leading batting average, which now is .389, and Poffenberger, the Williamsport, Md, right hander, emerged with his seventh win as against two defeats and a couple gifts from home-town admirers. These two were the chief benefactors, Travis and Pofly. ‘The Tiger rookie was presented with @ traveling bag and a shotgun before the game by 500 Williamsport fan Mayor Richard Hawken of that town made the presentation. only York's Minor Leagues INTERNATIONAL, Baltimore. Toronto, Newark, 8-1. Rochester. Buffalo Monrreal SOUTHERN Chattanooga Littie Rock Memphiz. A- Knoxville. 2 h 4-3. New Orleans 5 Nashville. 0- Tigers and White | t of the series, but each | st Associated Press Staft Writer. LL over the base ball map they're climbing aboard the bandwagon for a Yankees- Cubs world series this Fall, and the way things shape up now that's not a bad guess A Iot of applecarts can be upset in | | the 10 weeks siill to go before they tart commuting between W York and Chicago for their peanuts, hot dogs and homers, particularly in that Na- tional League race, but at the current pace of the Cubs and Yanks it's going to be tough to turn the trick | As usual, the standout possibility to kick over the dope bucket are those New York Giants. For one thing. they always have that annoying habit of riding along within shooting distance of the top until the final weeks, and then belting the ears off everything in sight in a Frank Merriwell finish. | For another thing. their pitchers, who were collapsing at the rate of one a day less than two weeks ago, have been | given that shot in the arm again and once more are doing business at the same old stand Cubs Gain Full Game. S A RESULT, it’s not giing to be any too much of a dead cinch for ubs at best, despite their current lead and what probably the best balanced outfit They knocked off Boston's Bees in both ends of a double-header rday, 3-0 and 3-2, on a one-hit itching performance by Tex Carleton in the opener and a clouting come- back by Phil Cavarretta in both games. | But there's always the ever-present chance, so far as the Cubs are con- cerned. that the batting slump bug | will bite ‘em if they don't watch out— and then where'll they be? ! The double win boosted the Cub's lead by a game, since the Giants could get no batter than an even break ith their favorite voges.” ihe They won the opener, 10-2 but Jim Weaver's three-hitter blani them, 3-0, in the nightcap It's far easier to settle the Amer- ican League business in advance. Nine and a half games in front, despite a pitching staff that's as full {of holes as a bagful of doughnuts, | the Yankees look shoo-in from here. Red Sox Streak Stopped. WITH their deadly hitting, which in the past week alone has ac- counted for the astonishing average of something like eight runs on nine hits per game they should waltz in |as long as they dish out the same | brand of pitchers' poison. They | | saueezed through with a 6-5 win over | | Cleveland’s collapsible Indians yester- | dav for their eighth success in & row. | The Boston Red Sox, in second- | place at the moment, stretched their | undefeated run to 13 games by tak- | | ing the White Sox, 7-6, in their opener, | but then had the string snapped with | | & 13-0 walloping in the nightcap. | | Ducky Medwick belted two homers |in the first game and the cards took | & 3-2 decision from the Phillies, but | | the Dbest they could get was a 6-all |draw in the nightcap, despite Ducky | | Wuek’s third round-tripper of the day. | The Reds and Dodgers also went to a | | nightcap deadlock, at 1-all, after the | Reds won, 6-4, in the curtain raiser. | | The Tigers topped the Nationals, | 5-1, in a game cut to five frames by rain. The Athletics surprised with a double triumph over the St. Louis Browns, 5-4 and 7-3. TEXAS. R-5. Houston, 1- : Beaumont i Tuisa. 4. PACIFIC COAST. Los Angeles. 3-10: Oakland Seattle. 16-10: Missions. 2.4 Sacramento. 11-17. Portland Ban Diego. 4-6; Portland. 1-5. San Anto; Galveston. Fort Worth Oklahoma City. 1-9. 1-5. | acts | Mitchell, to play some base ball in high school.” he said, nodding toward the field which | was dotted with Nats and Tigers, “but this boxing is something new." By the Associated Press “I guess,” he added, sort of apologetically, “that I am going about boxing the har thing: d way. 0 learn.” Young Mr. Torrance, you know, was crated and shipped here the other | You see, I never boxed as an amateur and I've got a lot of day for a six-round fight with one Murray Kanner tonight at the ball park. Kanner is a local boy now, they say, but it is Torrance who is the attraction The one-time Louisiana State foot bal champion settled down to the routine o 1 tackle and former Olvmpic shotput { a Baton Rouge policeman’s job after these exploits and placidly was growing fat and weighing 328 pounds when Mr. Herb Brodie, an old featherweight, Jac not until the “Torrance scandal” that interested him in fighting for a living. s new venture drew a few sticks of type for a short while, but it was boxing took real cognizance of him The case was too recent to bear much % repetition, but it developed that one| of the stumblebums he was supposed | to fight suddenly succumbed to the whims of his conscience, or something. and essed that his impending struggle was in the well-known bag In the weird world of sports ‘ that notoriety won him a New | York match and there he was chopped down and knocked out in two rounds by one Abe Simon Now he is starting all over again, touring the hinterlands and trying to build up a new reputation. Jack him- self was not blamed for those “tank” It is pretty generallv agreed that he knew nothing of his fights being fixed. “Look at His Record.” "TORRANCE bears a strong facial resemblance to Bozie Berger. the ex-Maryland U. athlete, and is han- | dled by two more or less m?rwstmzi gents in Mr. Brodie, his manager, and | Mr. Paul Cavalier, the old heavy- | weight, who is a “policeman” for the | “His possibilities,” whispered Mr. Brodie, who was not much interested in the ball game, “are unlimited.” “Look at his record!” he went on “Jack’s knocked out Flynn, Saxion. 5 he confessed, “but we had to do we've got to bring him along slowly. That's why vou probably didn't hear of some of the bovs he knocked out. He is a novice and so he fights be- ginners.” On the Level Tonight. ¢JOW about Simon?" came a query, and Mr. Brodie spread his hands helplessly. “That was a bad match.” it to get into New York. Why Simon is as big as Jack and he's got a tre- mendous edge in experience.” A clap of thunder and a jagged streak of lightning heralded the ap- proach of rain, and young Mr. Tor- rance, who was sitting in his sh sleeves, turned and said: “I'm get- ting chilly. Let’s go." And they went This stamped Jack as a re- markable young man. Anybody who gets chilly in August in Washington Is, indeed, an ex- ceptional person. Later Mr. Goldie Ahearn, who brought Torrance here to fight Kan- ner, was found gloating over the rain “OL" said Goldie, “am I glad it's raining today and not tomorrow. It would spoil the most stoopendoos, calessel, magnifigence boxing show we ever had.” He was asked about somebody who said Torrance by “Whoinhell are all those bums Torrance knocked out? Owens, Fink and two fel- lows named Mull . . . Mullmeyer, or something like that, and Penconas or Peecoona, or something.” It was suggested to Mr. Brodie that maybe he ought to know more of | these eminent viciims, inasmuch as nobody seemed to have heard of them “Fink” was familiar. Haven't the Athletics a pitch- er by that name? But, then, | American League hitters have no trouble hitting him, so why should Torrance? “Jack’s a great hitter,” interrupted | Mr. Brodie, ignoring the cracks. “But | Records for Week In Major Leagues| Standings for the week, showing games won and lost, runs, hits, errors, | opponents’ runs and home runs for | each club AMERICAN LEAGUE. | W.L R H E ORHR New York 5 4 3R 1 oston : 12 43 Detroit z Philadelphia St. Louis Washingfon Chicago Cleveland 4R | 0 7 M NATIONAL LEAGUE. 51 43 Re ISTEISPSC Ry Cincinnati* Chicazo Pittsburgh Philadeinhia® 4 4 5 waReainn Somas Brooklyn* Boston *Plaved one ty 8 a0 ®ame. me. Were they all in the sack. too?” “I don't know.” admitted Ahearn, “but vou can bet this Tor rance-Kanner fight is on the up and up. I wouldn’c be standing for any fakes. You know that. Besides, there is the boxing commission to look out for, too. “Noo, the time has come for Mr. Torrance to learn to fight. Bradie put 10.000 bucks into that guy and he’s gotta find out now it he can beat anybody. “Anyway, the show is absclutel stoopendoos—." SETS OUTBOARD MARK Two World Standards Credited to | Ferguson at Boston. BOSTON, August 9 (#).—Two world records for American outboard motor boats today went into the books. Both were set by 19-year-old Clin- ton Ferguson of Waban in the Boston motor boat regatta in the Charles River which concluded yesterday. Coming back after Gar Wood, jr., of Algonac, Mich., had smashed his old speed mask of 47.096 miles per hour for Class B boats, young Fergu- son ripped over the 5-mile course in 47.481. Ferguson set a new record of 52264 m. p. h. for Class A boats on Saturday. In the race for 225-cubic-inch hydroplanes (inboards) Jack Cooper of Kansas City, Mo. captured top prize. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Louisville, : 8t. Paul. 3-R. Columbus. -5 Kansas City.' 4-0, Toledo. 13-7; Milwaukee. 3-1. Minneapolis. 5. Indianapolis, 2. FASTERN SHORE. Balisbury. 7; Crisfield. 0 Centreville. ?; Federalsbur Cambridge. 7-3; Easton. a-1. Gardén étock Climbs as Miké Jacobs Tal;es Lease Gains 2!; Points—Broadway Stage Queen Sweet on House of David Ball Player. BY EDDIE BRIETZ, Associated Press 8ports Writer. EW YORK, August 9 —Mad- ison Square Garden stock has soared 22 points since the Mike Jacobs deal was announced . . . Pie Traynor (who is having his troubles) may take a tip from Bill Terry and make a third sacker out of Arky Vaughan . . . Night base ball is on the downgrade in old “Zinzinnati” . .. Henry Armstrong, who is follow- ing Tony Canzoneri's example -and playing the small clubs, will have 840,000 to show for his Summer's work . . . The best shotmaker in American golf in Squire Gene Sar- azen’s book is “Light Horse” Harry Cooper of Chicago. A House of David infielder (soup strainer and all) is said to be the heart of a broadway stage favorite . . The coast wants to see Tony Galento, the old Newark “Night Stick,” against Arturo Lovell . . . The John Henry Lewis-Bob Pastor bout, originally slated for the Gar- den September 30, may be shifted to Pittsburgh .. It seems to be his legs, inctead of his arm, that is causing most of Bob Feller's troubles. Red Ruffing was the first major league hurler to chalk up 15 viee served notice on the Yanks he won't go out to see them play until they have a 12-game lead . . . Haw! . .. Our pick in the Hamble- tonian is Schnapps, with Desota second and Twilight Song third. Bob Feller recognizes class when he sees it, all right . . . He passed Joe Di Maggio three times the other day . . . Bobby Riggs, the 19-year-old Los Angeles tennis star, makes no bones about it . He says the No. 2 ranking player this year will be (you guessed it) Bobby Riggs. Believe it or not, the Dodgers *| tories . . . Col. Jake Ruppert hag have a perfect record . . . 'l;hey've played four base ball games at night—and lost ‘em all ... 1If Jimmy Johnston doesn't land that world fair sports promotion job, he’ll bob up as a promoter at Eb- bets Field next Summer—and you can bet on that . . . Just ask Tony Canzoneri about his experience as & bookmaker at Saratoga. Some months this this corner dubbed Bill McKechnie of the Bos- ton Bees one of the three amartest managers in the majors . . . well, he's proving it . . . Pittsburgh fans have given up on the Pirates and are wondering what Coach Jock Sutherland is going to have at Pitt. t | Mr. | OSHEN, N. Y, Auy; The Grand Circun | topped by trotting's greatest the Twelfth Hamble- ‘Wednesday, and em- 09— meeting, race, tonian Stakes, bellished by break Peter Manning's mile record tomorrow, again will make Gosnen the capital of the *“trottin’ hoss” world this week. In an atmosphere redolent of the | 8ay nineties, followers of the sport will crowd Good Time Park's sprawling grandstand and wander over the big course during the week of racing which yearly gives “buggy w Derby fans their biggest sports th Greyhound's special race against time will share opening day honors tomorrow with the Good Time Stake a race which will inciude the best of the juvenile trotters. Later in the week there will be the Hoilyrood Stakes, an event which attracts top- flight 3-year-olds not eligible for the Hambletonian, Greyhound's attempt to | Record Set in 19 l)l".'TER MANNING'S mile record is 1:56%, set in 1922. The big gray | gelding owned by E. J. Baker of St Charles, Ill, has done 1 14 for the mile ard ea s T half-mile-trac! of 1:59°, tion by trott But to the : the circuit the 5 effort will be merely a ple | iminary to the real business of the meeting, the Hambletonian, This race, | named for a notable sire of trotters | and pacers, is worth about $20.000 | to the winning 3-vear-old and has a total purse of about $40.000. | Ten of the best the circuit can mus- | ter will go to the post for the mile race, which decidad on a best tWo out of three heats basis. followers of ear-old Desota, Schnapps Co-Favored, ESOTA, owned by Paul Bowser, Boston wrestling impressario, and Tobacco King W. N Reynolds’ Schnapps are co-favorites, with Twi | light Song, from the stables of Bill Strang, Brooklyn storage man, a little behind the favorites. Twilight Song was the 2-year-old champion of 1936 Greyhound's attempt at the record will replace the first race of the | international duel between Greyhound | and the European champion, Muscle- | tone, originally scheduled for this | week. Giovanni Maiani, owner of | the Italian trotter, asked for a delay. He arrives in New York today to com- plete arrangements for the race and watch Greyhound in action. League Statistics MXM'mucA RESULTS YESTERDAY. | 3; Washington, 1 (5 Innings 613 New York, 6 Boston. 0 game. X innings) | Philadelphia 5 | STAND Cleveland. Chicazo. it 8t OF THE ~-xi0x moN “purersio GAMES TODAY GAMES TOMORROW. hil. at Wn., 2. 1:30. | Pi | No games acheduled. New York at Boston, Chicago at Detroit, St. Louis at Clev. NATIONAL. SULTS YESTERDAY. New York. 10—0; Pittsburgh, B 4 Cineinnat Chicago. & Louls (second game, 1 STANDING _ammasiig uozsog --neuupu £ -~ wamoorg 2 = wudmpeud Chl—I11110]_5/111 bi11 NY|_6/-—{10110] 5/11] StL_ 27— 4(11] 7 911 | Pi 8141 Bl 910/ 8 8 | Bos 8751 71 _RI— i | cmi_ai_ 71 4 11— 7 BKIl 61 31 71101 2/ 6| Phll 71 4171] Rl GAMES TOMORROW. | Boston at New York. Pitts. st Chicago. 1 & uie Brookiry, at Phils. GAMES TODAY No games scheduled. has been unfavorable, since the towering heavyweight innocent victim of rst pound To embryonic hanced heaver has created quite a stir in caulifiower circles, ‘True, most of the been directed at publicity Torrance was an a ring scandal fou which found hi The spotlight focused on nce at this stage of fistic career has h h Official Score e nberger, . Totals WASHINGTON ada. cf. _ ~d in Afth inning. rain rred G Tvo-base hit berg Laabs. Hom preliminary with Murray Kan ner that has pponents crumbling under the persuasiveness of cash rather than clo the 245- not en- chances of progressing in | tonight at Grifith Stadium, as a prel- | ude to the Phill Furr-Vittorio Venturi 10-round feature fuss, but iriosity to see Torrance probably w attract as many cu mers as the main event Jack won't be hard to spot from any seat in the park. Those 245 pounds are draped rather proportion- | ately over the 6 foot 3%, inch frame, | | which only last December was forced | to carry 365 pounds. If nothing else losing those 120 pounds through rigid luded a heavy dose | of road work, is an effective ra- |tion that Torra is serious about | this boxing business | | " Shortly alter Torrance was cleared of any connection with the splashes of the opposition he set | about to vindicate himself in the | fiie sense and immedietely was | kayoed by Abe Simon, another Zep- | pelin-patterned puncher. Since then, however, he has recorded four suc- | cessive knockouts and even though they were over guys named Joe, he is reported to have picked up a few of the niceties of the ring game en | route A personal friend of the late Huey Long. Torrance holds the intercol legiate and world 16-pound sh put records and performed at tackle on L. S. U. foot ball teams Far from a finished product, Jack, nevertheless, commands attention due to his bulk, reputation in other fields i . sadly, from the un- publicity arose out e “fixing” of his early bouts. It of his | him o | is is (See TORRANCE, Page B-10.) I fancy | - and thgee cities always return gond dividends for a conterding team Night ball has splurged attenda in the Twin Cities ard even the St Paul club, in seventh place, is ¢ well under the arcs. Kansas Ci ways was one of the great minor league citadels and’ now that it has come into the Yankee chain will havs a team that will draw Out on the Pacific Coast, Cowbow Bill Tuttle’s league is running 250,000 paid ahead of the first 15 weeks ir 1936. and the tightness of the cha pionship battle may produce a record for the wheel. Despite Newark's runaway in the Internation there has been grand attendance and e (See BASE BALL, B-10.) Page Griffs’ Records BATTING. AB 7{_ F i 5 | g PITCHING A BB _SO_IP GS cG W.L $ 03 Appietor Cohen Sale Ends Saturday FLORSHEIM SHOES Our Florsheim Sale ends this coming Saturday 33 night; and Florsheim prices will not be reduced again in 1937. If you are going to need shoes Most Styles HAHN this Fall you would do well to come in NOWI MEN'S SHOPS: 14th & G o Tth & K o 3212 14th